Archive for February, 2006

Is LinkedIn Spamming Me?

Sunday, February 26th, 2006

I was updating my LinkedIn profile a few minutes ago while also feeling a little contact-envy toward James “I’m a nice guy and I have Friends” Archer. I started to peruse his contact list for people I already know and noticed Lea Alcantara on his list.
Lea is on my IM list and happened to […]

Usability News — SURL 8.1

Friday, February 24th, 2006

The Software Usability Research Lab at Wichita State University has released its latest research papers. Those SURLy people always have some good solid research to share. Not sure if it applied to many of the people who read here, but if you ever need evidence as to why Time New Roman sucks or […]

Usability In Gaming

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

John Rhodes over at Webword.com is building a list of resources that speak to the usability of games.
If you are a game designer, or better yet thinking of getting into game design, check out these resources and possibly avoid some pitfalls that lead to asshat design. And as we all know, asshat […]

Hire Will Pate

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

My good friend Will Pate is looking to make some company even better than it is today.
I’ve known Will for a few years now and have always been impressed with his ability to get to the heart of issues, talk (and more importantly) listen to people, and come up with ways for everyone […]